Financial impact of a comprehensive multisite workplace health promotion program

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-137

  Aldana, Steven G ^a   Merrill, Ray M ^a   Price, Kristine ^a   Hardy, Aaron ^b   Hager, Ron ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washoe County School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Health care cost; Health promotion program; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; NEVADA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 7944221331     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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